Clothes-mangle



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH B. GREENHUT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CLOTH ES-MANGLE.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOSEPH B. GREENHUT, of Chicago, in the county ot Cook and State of Illinois, have made new and useful Improvelnents in Clothes` -Mang'les5 and I do hereby declare the following;` to be a full, clear, and exact description of the nature, collstruction, and operation ofthe same, sufcient to enable one skilled ill the art to which it appertains to construct and use the same, reference being,l had to the accompanyingdrawings, which are lnade part of this specification, and ill which- Figure l is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the lille x 01:,Fig. l.

My machine consists of a revolving; central roller provided with a clamp for holding the ed ge ofthe clothes as they are fed between that roller and the circular series ot' rollers which abut upoll it.

The machine is intended for pressing; and surfacing` clothes, and forms a substitute for the ordinary smoothing-iron, being more expeditious alld involving` less exposure to heat, and saving the expenses of fuel.

ln thc drawings, A is a frame, in which is journaled a central roller, B, on a shaft., C. Around the periphery of the rollerB are a series of smaller rollers, D D D D D D, which have shafts E journaled ill boxes O, which slide in guides F, being pressed upon by a spring, G, the pressure being,` graduated by the screw I, which is threaded illto the nut J oll the aro-sllaped rim K, which is attached to the frame A. A cogwlleel, N, on the roller B gears into pinions M, with which each shaft E is provided, so as to compel each of the surrounding" rollers to move with the central one, as the object is only to press, and any traction between the respective surfaces of the rollers would be injurious to the clothing or fabric. The central roller is revolved by means ot the crank I on the same shaft with the pinion Q, which engages with the pinion R, the teeth ofthe latter meshing;` with those of the wheel N on the central roller or roller-shaft.

S is a clamp on the face of the roller, which is elevated for theinsertion of one edge of the garment or fabric under treatment, and is then closed dowll upon it, so that as the roller is revolved the cloth shall be drawn in and fed between the rollers, and thereby pressed illto the required condition. This clamp dispenses Wit-h the necessity of exposing the fingers to the danger of being mashed betweell the rollers, as the clothes are attached by the clalnp to the roller and taken past the succession of rollers. Having described my invention,whatlclaim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the central roller, B, driven by hand-crank and provided with the clamp S, with the circular series of smaller rollers provided with their spring-adjustments, substantially as described and represented.

JOSEPH BQREENHUT. Witnesses: l

L. HrRsoH, W OLE SGHEER. 

